Equality, diversity and human rights

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Requirement for role to be office based was indirect disability discrimination by association

  In Follows v Nationwide Building Society, the employment tribunal held that requiring the senior manager, who is the primary carer for her disabled mother, to be office based amounted to indirect disability discrimination by association.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Human rights

  This resource is kept under review and updated in line with developments.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Reasonable adjustments in the workplace: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at four recent tribunal decisions where employers were found to have breached the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled workers under the Equality Act 2010.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Sex discrimination: Male directors dismissed to improve gender pay gap

  In Bayfield and another v Wunderman Thompson (UK) Ltd and others, an employment tribunal upheld the sex discrimination and unfair dismissal claims of two male directors who were dismissed after the advertising agency vowed to "obliterate" its reputation as a "Knightsbridge boys club".

• Date:

  27 July 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Unconscious bias training: Make your strategy and workshops a success

  In his second article on unconscious bias training, Gareth Buchanan sets out the practical steps that you can take to make your unconscious bias training a success and to maximise the impact it has on your organisation's diversity and inclusion strategy.

• Date:

  22 July 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Webinar: Diversity and inclusion - closing the gap between rhetoric and action

  Committing to a more diverse and inclusive workplace is one thing. Achieving it is another. In this webinar, you will learn how to bridge the gap between your organisation's good intentions and meaningful action - without fear of getting things wrong.

• Date:

  20 July 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Six steps to embedding a diversity and inclusion strategy

  Having a diverse and inclusive workplace is important not only ethically but also for improving employee morale, boosting innovation and enhancing business success. We set out six practical steps that employers can take to embed diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

• Date:

  20 July 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Long COVID: Potential scenarios for HR and how to deal with them

  We set out some possible scenarios that HR professionals may face in relation to long COVID, and explain how they could tackle them.

• Date:

  20 July 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Unconscious bias training: What you need to know before you start

  Unconscious bias training has been part of the diversity and inclusion practitioners' toolkit for a number of years, but criticism from both sides of the political spectrum has many questioning its impact on our rights, workplaces and communities. In the first of two articles, Gareth Buchanan shares his views on why unconscious bias training has been making headlines of its own.

• Date:

  19 July 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Diversity, equality and inclusion: Five common misconceptions and mistakes

  What do we really understand about diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI)? Interest in DEI has boomed in recent years - both in the wider political spheres of the Western world and in a more focused way in the workplace. Georgie Williams explores five common misconceptions we hold, and mistakes we make, around DEI, and explains how to implement effective change.